Co-curated by Jackson and Julian Harrison, “Medieval Women: In Their Own Words” spotlights queens, nuns, authors, warriors ... a pet lion owned by English queen Margaret of Anjou; a silk ...

This woman almost certainly fought ... simply reflect gender discrepancies in medieval Guadalajara. “I believe that these remains belong to a female warrior,” says Rissech in the statement ...

Saxo Grammaticus was an important figure in medieval Europe and he was ... a legendary Viking queen who was a fierce warrior and a capable leader. She commanded armies, avenged betrayals, and ...

Here’s a look at some of history’s most amazing women warriors. Boudicca, the queen of the Iceni of East Anglia, Britain, did not set out to be a warrior. But after her husband, the Iceni ...

The Birka Warrior was a woman. Surviving law codes show that ... Ælfwynn – the only time rule passed from one woman to another in early medieval England. And yet, the Lady of the Mercians is little ...

The skeletal remains of a medieval woman were found in a cemetery for warrior monks in Spain, suggesting she fought alongside them, according to a new study. Photo from the University of Rovira ...

Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences From RTÉ Brainstorm, how we unearthed a medieval ... fascinating woman was Sárnat ingen Eochu, queen of ...

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen Meilan Solly - Senior Associate ...

While excavating a cemetery for medieval knights in Spain ... There’s also a chance the woman predated the warriors and died during an earlier Muslim attack. The final option is that she ...